re: Unbelievable stats for Kling and Milazzo today on Upon Further Review

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That is a 70 point difference. He would have to make a massive improvement to get to .240 and still would be below average.

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Kling could have 1 4/4 game and raise his batting average to .235, so no it wouldn't be a massive improvement. he has so few at bats in SEC play (a tiny sample size) that any game, good or bad, can have a massive effect on his overall conference batting average

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I am the only person on earth that cares Kling is hitting .170 seems to be alot of people on this thread and others talking about his lack of hitting some say he should play and hit 9th others say he should be benched but just about everyone agrees his hitting is atrocious.

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you're the only person dumb enough to be more focused on what his season long stats are as opposed to what his more recent stats are when determining who should be in the lineup right now. Baseball is not linear like that. I'm sorry, it just isn't. A guy could still have very good season long stats but go through a massive slump and might not need to be playing. Conversely, another guy has a terrible start and has a big improvement and maybe he should be playing. But you want to look at everything in a vacuum and have decided that what someone did from day 1 to present is indicative as to how well someone is playing right now. It's just not.

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you pulling stats out using date ranges and just to fit your specific argument.

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He's not just pulling random date ranges. He's pulling date ranges from recent weeks, i.e. how someone has been hitting right now, which is what matters when constructing a lineup right now

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Actually you are the only one dumb enough to not know the difference between season long stats and SEC stats. Season long stats are for all games played this season which I haven't quoted. SEC stats which I quote in relation to the Klings .170 batting average are the most revelant as SEC games determine who goes to the postseason.

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ok buddy

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Kling is best suited as a defensive substitute batting as little as possible.

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so we should play an even worse hitter and defender in his place. Excellent idea. I've already laid out your options on our roster. None of them are better. Your idea was to play a true freshman who is redshirting with zero at bats and "just see how it goes" because we "have nothing to lose." And you lean into your lack of intelligence with arrogance. It's amazing

The funny part is you're so fricking dumb you don't even realize how fricking dumb you are

I'm sorry, but we have no good options to replace Kling. Those options aren't on our roster. There is no .250+ SEC hitter sitting on the bench. Telling me what Kling's season long SEC batting average over and over and over and over again is isn't going to change what our roster looks like or make the bench guys better players.

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Might want to take another peek at your post, brother.

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Good catch. Mine was a simple typo of one letter. OP was all sorts of backwards upside down all over

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doesn't know the difference between season long stats and SEC stats or even worse thinks playing a .170 hitter in conference games

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That you think this is actually being debated or confused by me is hilarious

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Obviously my idea to use Klinger as a defensive replacement must not be that bad of an idea as Jay didn't start Kling once against the #1 team in college baseball and only used him as a defensive replacement....hmmm.

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Yes, he gave Jake Brown a shot after he had a good midweek game. Jake Brown responded by going 1/6 on the weekend and didn't finish any of the games he started. Weird

He's given many different players an opportunity to take that spot. No one has delivered when given the opportunity. Why or how you can't see that is amazing.

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Serious question do u call Lester to get your talking points before each post?

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Serious question, are you on the spectrum? But to your point, no I disagree with Lester on opinions he has all the time and have for years. Go ask him about the season long Jake Slaughter/Chris Reid debate

And then Kling comes in and with one swing of the bat has more RBIs and an equal amount of hits as the guy that started the entire series.

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And he is still hitting. 170 ....30 points below .200 in SEC play.

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and Jake Brown is hitting .125 in SEC play. Ethan Frey is hitting .208 in SEC play and is not healthy enough to throw right now. Mac Bingham is hitting .227 in SEC play, the worst defensive outfielder on the roster, and is 3 for his last 27 in SEC play.

No one is trying to tell you Kling has been a good hitter. They're telling you that we have no better options to replace him. That you can't grasp this and continue to repeat his .170 batting average as if that's the only part of the equation that is relevant is simply amazing. Are you really unable to comprehend anything beyond Kling's SEC batting average? Are you unable to comprehend that if Kling sits then someone else has to play in his place and that the player who plays also has to play outfield?

Not many guys on our roster have hit well in SEC play, only one who plays outfield. That's the hand we have been dealt this year. Jay's option isn't playing a bad hitter over a good hitter. It's deciding between players who have all hit poorly. Kling, by far, is the best defensive outfielder on the roster. That is why he has the most starts. Every time he has given other players an opportunity to replace him, they have not performed at the plate either.

I feel like I'm arguing with a 7 year old

If I Venmo you $20 so you can go buy some Fortnite vbucks will you agree to leave the adults alone and take your Kling Derangement Syndrome somewhere else?

I guess Jay is a 7 year old too because he sat your beloved Klinger for all 3 games against A&M and only put him in as a defensive replacement in all 3 games just as I have suggested. So obviously when playing the #1 team in the country he felt he had better options at the plate as well.

I know reading comprehension is difficult for you, but you can refer back to my 1:53 pm w post where I clearly stated Kling should be used as defensive replacement only.

Obviously Jay must have thought Brown was a better option than Kling because he started Brown all 3 games and only subbed Kling in late.

Big Boy